How do you cancel the import of an asset?

Unity Engine
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Started the import of a huge file by accident. How do you cancel the import of this asset? I tried ESC, CRTL+C… do you just end the editors process?

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bump

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you can’t. killing the editor is the only way
be aware that you might need a full reimport depending on what and where you kill it

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I cant believe they still hadnt resolved this problem…

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haha same

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I accidentally clicked add graphics API and adding OpenGLES2 started a mjor import that has been running for hours, lol.

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Wow, this is incredible. Tried killing the editor even, it almost corrupted the project. After cleaning the Library / temporary folder, it started the import again.
Incredible waste of time.

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WHY IS THERE NO FIX FOR THIS? UNITY DEVS? i imported a 10,000 icon folder and thought it will go smooth but god damn, its been 5 DAMN HOURS and killing the editor will just make it reimport when i run it again

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I have been using unity for 8+ years now and this is one of the things that make me pull my hair out on a daily basis… please fix this already…

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Yep, my re-import takes 2 days, eats 500gb of ram, and re-runs itself whenever it feels like. Unity doesn’t care. I’ll never start another project with this crap engine.

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2023… there is no way to cancel an import. Something this basic, not solved by engineers.

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I’ve tried similar methods as well, and honestly, I haven’t seen any fix. My Unity projects have been crashing WAY too much, and for some reason some of them delete themselves??- It’s strange to be honest. Unity is a good program in some ways, but there are always pros and cons :eyes: